Improvement in windows



NAROISSE A. JULIEN, OF TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WINDOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 76,642, dated April25, 1876; application filed February 23, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NAROISSE A. JULIEN, of Tarrytown, in the county ofWestchester and State'ofNew York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Windows, of which the following is a specification:

The subject of my invention isa windo with sash hinged in pairs, havingcircular or rule joints at the hinges and at the meetingframes, andhaving hanging -frames, which are made adjust-able in such a way thatthe window may be kept constantly plumb and tight in the ei ent of thebuilding settling out of plumb, or any of the parts shrinking in such amanner as to tend to open the joints. The invention furtherconsists inthe combination, with my improved adjustable hanging-frames, of aninside blind-stile, applied as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an inside elevation of a.Wiudow illustrating my invention, some parts beingshown in section.Fig. '2 is a vertical section thereof on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. filea horizontal section of the same on the line 3 3, Fig. 1.

- A represents the window-stile; B B, the outside blind-stiles; N N,parts of the windowframe; 0, the hanging-stile of the hinged sash D E; DF D D being the hinging-stiles of the sash, and E F, respectively, theconvex and concave meeting-stiles at the center. To render thehanging-stiles O 0 adjustable, to compensate for any settling out ofplumb in the building or any shrinkage of the parts, the said stiles areconstructed with horizontal slots c,-as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3,and are held by screws S S, clamping them to the frame N, so that thesash may be set forward above or below to any extent required, and thuskept constantly plumb and tight. G represents the inside window-jamb,and H the hangingstile for inside blinds, serving also as a cap or coverfor the hanging-stiles 0 C, so as to completely mask the space betweensaid stiles and tl1 e,jamb G, and the slots and screws by which thestiles are secured. The beads or stilesH thus forma neat finish, and atthe same time permit ready access to the screws S when necessary, foradjusting the stiles O G. V represents a portion' of the floor. J is asupporting-block for the outside cover P.- This cover is preferably madeof sheet-zinc. Its shape is particularly shown in Fig. 2. It

serves as a water-shed, and also to cover and protect the fastenings Uof outside blinds, when such blinds are used.

It will be seen that the adjacent faces of the stiles O D areconcentric, as are also the adjacent faces of the meeting-stilesE F.When the meeting-stiles approach each other their faces come together,and, owing to the concentricity thereof and that of the several joints,the sashes are drawn in and assisted in their. closing operations, andwhen closed' NAROISSE A. JULIEN.

Witnesses:

W. H. ATGHISON, J OHN J. MGKNIGHT.

